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Complete short fiction

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 09:04:08 +0000

This volume gathers the short stories and fairy tales of one of the most celebrated writers of the late nineteenth century. Best known for his wit, epigrams, and the novel *The Picture of Dorian Gray*, Oscar Wilde brings the same elegance and irony to his shorter fiction. The collection includes society tales, supernatural stories, and lyrical fairy tales that blend charm with sharp social observation. Wilde’s stories explore themes of vanity, hypocrisy, sacrifice, love, and moral responsibility, often pairing sparkling dialogue with poignant insight. His fairy tales, written for children but resonant for adults, are especially admired for their emotional depth and subtle critique of Victorian values. Rich in style and memorable in tone, this collection offers an excellent introduction to Wilde’s artistry in miniature form and will appeal to readers who enjoy classic literature marked by wit, beauty, and a touch of melancholy.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is a gothic novel about Dorian Gray, a strikingly handsome young man whose portrait, painted by the artist Basil Hallward, supernaturally ages and bears the marks of his moral corruption while he remains eternally youthful. Influenced by the hedonistic Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian descends into a life of vice, indulgence, and crime—including the heartbreak of actress Sibyl Vane, whom he cruelly abandons, leading to her suicide—yet his outward beauty hides the portrait’s grotesque transformation. Ultimately, consumed by guilt and hypocrisy, Dorian attempts to destroy the painting, only to meet his own horrifying end, underscoring themes of vanity, hedonism, and the inescapable consequences of sin.

The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:14:48 +0000

The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays by Oscar Wilde is a celebrated collection featuring Wilde’s masterful comedic works, with the titular play—a sharp-witted farce from 1895—satirizing Victorian society’s obsession with appearances, marriage, and earnestness through the escapades of Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, who invent fictional identities to dodge social duties and pursue love interests fixated on the name Ernest. The anthology often includes kindred society comedies like Lady Windermere’s Fan, which skewers upper-class hypocrisies via a scandalous fan intrigue; A Woman of No Importance, exposing moral double standards through a witty outcast’s revelations; and An Ideal Husband, where political blackmail tests integrity amid glamorous deceit. Together, these plays showcase Wilde’s epigrammatic brilliance, trivializing serious norms to revel in absurdity and delight audiences with their enduring critique of decorum’s hollow core.

Slika Dorijana Greja

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 08:06:50 +0000

London, krajem XIX veka. U jednom umetničkom studiju, zanosni i bogati Dorijan Grej pozira slikaru Bazilu. San o posedovanju portreta koji će stariti umesto njega i prihvatiti tragove vremena na njegovom anđeoskom licu postaće za Dorijana paradoksalna, zastrašujuća stvarnost. Ali neće samo belezi starosti preći na sliku ovog lepog mladića, već i sramni poroci njegove duše: duše pune oholosti, iskvarene i dekadentne, zarobljene u ponoru izopačenosti i cinizma, neobuzdane pohlepe i želje za uživanjem svake vrste. Iz unapred izgubljene borbe za večnu mladost, Dorijan će izaći poražen, kao rob apsurdne želje da poistoveti umetnost sa životom.

Plays

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Penguin Plays by Oscar Wilde collects five of the Irish playwright’s most celebrated and witty society comedies, showcasing his razor-sharp dialogue and satirical take on Victorian hypocrisy. The anthology features Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892), where a young wife’s suspicions about her husband’s fidelity unravel into a web of scandal and moral ambiguity; A Woman of No Importance (1893), exposing class prejudices through a mysterious outsider’s disruptive arrival; An Ideal Husband (1894), in which political blackmail threatens a seemingly perfect marriage; The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), a farce of mistaken identities and double lives centered on two men inventing fictional personas to dodge social duties; and Salome (1891), Wilde’s decadent one-act tragedy of lust and biblical retribution. These plays, marked by epigrams like Many lack the originality to lack originality, blend farce, melodrama, and critique of upper-class mores, cementing Wilde’s legacy as a master of the drawing-room comedy.

Slika Doriana Graya

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY IRVINE WELSH Dorian is a good-natured young man until he discovers the power of his own exceptional beauty. As he gradually sinks deep into a frivolous, glamorous world of selfish luxury, he apparently remains physically unchanged by the stresses of his corrupt lifestyle and untouched by age. But up in his attic, hidden behind a curtain, his portrait tells a different story…

Slika Doriana Graya

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The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 17:54:41 +0000

A complete compendium of the works of the Oscar Wilde. Includes the stories, plays, poems, fairy tales, and essays in one comprehensive volume.